blink
英 [blɪŋk]
美 [blɪŋk]
- vt. 眨眼;使…闪烁
- vi. 眨眼;闪烁
- n. 眨眼;瞬间;闪光
- n. (Blink)人名;(德)布林克
blink 眨眼来自PIE *bhel, 照耀,闪光。指由于眩目而眨眼。-k, 硬化音。词源同blind.
- blink (v.)
- 1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).
Middle English had blynke (c. 1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c. 1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.
- blink (n.)
- 1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c. 1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.
- 1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.
- 他身体出现了神经性抽搐,开始不停地眨眼睛。
- 2. It was all over in the blink of an eye.
- 转眼之间,一切都结束了。
- 3. In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.
- 一眨眼的工夫他就没影了.
- 4. I can't hear the news since my radio went on the blink.
- 由于我的收音机坏了,我听不到新闻了.
- 5. The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.
- 灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见.